Sally Kate Bercow is a British public personality and the wife of the former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.
17 Facts About Sally Bercow
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The daughter of Ronald Illman, of Hindhead, Surrey, Bercow attended the private co-educational King Edward's School in Witley, Surrey.
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Sally Bercow took her A-levels at Marlborough College, where she was a contemporary of Samantha Cameron.
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Sally Bercow attended Keble College, Oxford, where she studied Theology for two years, before dropping out.
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Sally Bercow was the social secretary of the Oxford University Conservative Association.
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Sally Bercow campaigned for New Labour and their candidate Tony Blair; she campaigned for John Bercow to help win his seat.
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Sally Bercow campaigned for the election of Ed Balls as leader of the Labour Party in the 2010 Labour leadership election.
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Sally Bercow is on the approved list of candidates for members of Parliament for the Labour Party, although following the Lord McAlpine Twitter case, she is reportedly unlikely to be considered.
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Sally Bercow has repeatedly mentioned her desire to become a Labour MP, revealing that she would like to become the Labour candidate for the marginal Brighton Kemptown seat.
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The Daily Telegraph suggested that Sally Bercow was politicising her husband's neutral role.
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John Sally Bercow rejected this criticism, stating that "the obligation of impartiality does not apply to my wife who is not my chattel".
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Sally Bercow was a housemate on Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother 8 in August 2011.
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Sally Bercow has appeared on a celebrity edition of The Chase and Big Star's Little Star.
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Sally Bercow was initially scheduled to take part in the second series of The Jump, but had to quit after suffering an injury during training.
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Sally Bercow is a parent patron of the charity Ambitious about Autism.
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In 2015, her husband was reported to be seeking to divorce her over an alleged affair with his cousin Alan Bercow, but they reconciled after Sally had left for a period.
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On 24 May 2013, the High Court found that Sally Bercow's tweet was libellous.